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Stacey Abrams Accuses Mike Johnson of Celebrating The 'Return of Jim Crow'
Mike Johnson shrugs off Black voters concerns about GOP gerrymandering: This brings back fairness
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight
Rep. Clyburn says GOP redistricting push is part of larger Black disenfranchisement effort
I told the Supreme Court what would happen if it ruled against Louisiana's map. And I was right
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
spanone
(142,094 posts)Keep telling yourself that
CincyDem
(7,418 posts)Botany
(77,916 posts)Stopping the black vote has been the cornerstone of the Republican Partys agenda.
Wednesdays
(23,191 posts)Kendra Horn, in the 5th district. She won the 2018 election, but the Republicans hurriedly gerrymandered Oklahoma after 2020, so there are only Republicans representing the state now.
Botany
(77,916 posts)
. and his brother was Ray Shafer who was Governor of PA, to this day he was one of the finest
man I have ever met, and he was a Republican too. His kind is long gone.
mcar
(46,380 posts)PatSeg
(53,603 posts)I'm so tired of these people.
Harker
(18,188 posts)A willing one.
PatSeg
(53,603 posts)Harker
(18,188 posts)PatSeg
(53,603 posts)


B.See
(8,898 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,820 posts)Mike Johnson, John Crow Roberts, the Supreme Cult Klan, and everyone who supports John Crow (the new Jim Crow) are brazen racists.
bobalew
(481 posts)in front the Supremacist Court;
"Fuck You TOO! WHITE BOYS!";
Just to point out the abject racism....

FakeNoose
(42,520 posts)
Mike Johnson's district #4 - that's shown in red on this map - why is the green #6 District cutting right through the center of his 4th District? I'm sure it has to do with the high concentration of Black voters in certain areas, and Johnson decided he'd rather not represent them.
The incumbent holds onto power, and at the same time excludes the voters he prefers not to represent. This is how gerrymandering works.... the incumbent has his thumb on the scale to make sure he gets re-elected. The Black candidates won't get a chance because their numbers are diluted everywhere except Districts 2 and 6.
ck4829
(38,112 posts)mitch96
(15,882 posts)""Fair means one side gets exactly what they want in a way that the other side can't complain about it. There's no such thing as fair."
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BattleRow
(2,724 posts)orangecrush
(31,210 posts)modrepub
(4,202 posts)Then its undoubtedly about race.
pfitz59
(12,970 posts)always has been
purr-rat beauty
(1,475 posts)Is just pure bullshit
He is just a place holder
Not a Speaker of the House
rurallib
(64,848 posts)Dave Id
(336 posts)Mike Johnson is from the historical slave trade state of Louisiana.
OhioTim
(399 posts)if they expected to vote.
BumRushDaShow
(172,601 posts)
(but I expect you are being facetious)
OhioTim
(399 posts)Irony
BumRushDaShow
(172,601 posts)
And it is encompassing a laundry list of things that they have planned to take us "back".
twodogsbarking
(19,431 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,597 posts)Republicans will continue to advance the lie that white Republican politicians will represent voters of color.
They wont.
GiqueCee
(4,812 posts)... do you know about "fairness", you suppurating pustule of bigotry? You're a racist weasel utterly devoid of even a rudimentary understanding common human decency. "Returns fairness"? Lynchings were fair? Guess how many jelly beans if you want to vote was fair? You are from the South. You long ago forfeited ANY right to White-splain the Voting Rights Act to anyone, never mind to People of Color, and the same goes for the Sinister Six currently defiling the Supreme Court. May God strike you all dead.
lonely bird
(3,047 posts)Should be w-h-I-t-e-n-e-s-s but he couldnt say that out loud.
Uncle Joe
(65,584 posts)has the American People grown enough beyond ourselves since the 1960s to offset all this jerrymandering?
Thanks for the thread EarlG
Aussie105
(8,207 posts)Your concept of 'fairness' has a few flaws.
Of course, if it is an admission that you are white racist trash, carry on.
And tell people who you really are.
58Sunliner
(6,426 posts)valleyrogue
(2,800 posts)They are both from the same state.
58Sunliner
(6,426 posts)valleyrogue
(2,800 posts)Newt was ruthless, but he wasn't a fucking idiot Christofascist. Johnson is absolutely worthless.
Worse still, he is totally slimy, just disgusting to listen to for any length of time.
I can't stand him.
Volaris
(11,803 posts)and he possesses no agency of his own.
Aussie105
(8,207 posts)House elf? Check.
The 'slimy' label would hurt though, he thinks he is projecting honesty, truth, you-can-trust-me, and intelligence.
B.See
(8,898 posts)the op, the graphic, and the associated links therein. And to those who replied with many added references.
Bookmarked, K&R.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,673 posts)Abstractartist
(453 posts)Seems to me the right and all their ilk are only opening up an invitation for some vigilante action.
Hey, lets beat them at their own game. Get out and vote for every democrat running in the primaries and beyond. Break their right wing asses and lets finally get our country back.
wendyb-NC
(4,734 posts)His sweet talking attempts to gas light the populace, for his lord and savior d0n@!d t^u#%.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,283 posts)La Coliniere
(2,004 posts)Nothing this racist cristofacist says can be believed. Hope he rots in hell a place he seems to believe is real.
3catwoman3
(29,846 posts)...sanctimonious, sycophantic, ass-kissing sicko defy description.